Guide to the P. D. Ouspensky Memorial Collectionead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/3150.pdfP. D. Ouspensky memorial collection MS 840 Collection Overview REPOSITORY: Manuscripts and Archives

Yale University LibraryManuscripts and Archives

Guide to the P. D. OuspenskyMemorial Collection

MS 840

compiled by sta of Manuscripts and Archives

June 1981

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P. D. Ouspensky memorial collectionMS 840

Table of Contents

Collection Overview ....................................................................................................................................................... 3Requesting Instructions ................................................................................................................................................. 3Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................................ 3

Immediate Source of Acquisition ................................................................................................................................ 3Conditions Governing Access ..................................................................................................................................... 4Conditions Governing Use ......................................................................................................................................... 4Preferred Citation ....................................................................................................................................................... 4Accruals ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4

Biographical / Historical ................................................................................................................................................ 4Scope and Contents ....................................................................................................................................................... 4Arrangement .................................................................................................................................................................. 4Collection Contents ....................................................................................................................................................... 5

Series I. REPORTS OF MEETINGS .......................................................................................................................... 5Series II. WRITINGS ................................................................................................................................................ 8Series III. WRITINGS BY OTHERS ....................................................................................................................... 12Series IV. ADDITIONS ............................................................................................................................................ 14Accession 1990-M-038. Additional Material ........................................................................................................... 16Accession 1990-M-071. Additional Material ........................................................................................................... 17Accession 1993-M-034. Additional Material ........................................................................................................... 20Accession 2000-M-126. Additonal Material ............................................................................................................ 21Accession 2004-M-014. Additional Material ........................................................................................................... 22Accession 2004-M-024. Additional Material ........................................................................................................... 23Accession 2011-M-012. Additional Material ........................................................................................................... 24

Selected Search Terms ................................................................................................................................................. 25


Collection Overview

REPOSITORY: Manuscripts and ArchivesYale University LibraryP.O. Box 208240New Haven, CT [email protected]://www.library.yale.edu/mssa/

CALL NUMBER: MS 840

CREATOR: Uspenskiĭ, P. D. (Petr Demʹi︠a︡novich), 1878-1947

TITLE: P. D. Ouspensky memorial collection

DATES: 1913–2010

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 58.27 linear feet

LANGUAGE: The collection is primarily in English, with some material in Russian, French,German, Spanish, Finnish, and Portuguese.

SUMMARY: The collection consists of reports of meetings of P. D. Ouspensky with hisfollowers in London (1921-1947) and his manuscripts of books and articlesin Russian, French, and English. Included are In Search of the Miraculous,New Model of the Universe, and Tertium Organum. Also in the collection areprinted copies of Ouspensky's books in various languages, selected articlesby others on Ouspensky, and photographs.

ONLINE FINDING AID: To cite or bookmark this finding aid, please use the following link: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0840

Requesting InstructionsTo request items from this collection for use in the Manuscripts and Archives reading room, please usethe request links in the HTML version of this finding aid, available at http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0840.To order reproductions from this collection, please go to http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa/ifr_copy_order.html. The information you will need to submit an order includes: the collection call number,collection title, series or accession number, box number, and folder number or name.

Key to the container abbreviations used in the PDF finding aid:b. boxf. folder

Administrative Information

Immediate Source of AcquisitionGift of Tatiana Nagro and others, 1976-1992; gift of Tatiana Nagro, 2000; gift of the Society for the Studyof Normal Psychology, 1998; gift of H. W. Kropholler, 2003; gift of William A. Simon, 2003. Gift of DanielCerqueiro, 2010.

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Conditions Governing AccessThese records are available for research.

In series I, original typescriptsof meeting reports are too fragile to be used. Photostatic copies of theserecords are available for research.

Conditions Governing UseCopyright to unpublished materials by P. D. Ouspensky is held by Tatiana Nagro. Copyright statusfor other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected byU.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permissionof the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited withoutpermission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Preferred CitationP. D. Ouspensky Memorial Collection (MS 840). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.

AccrualsWritings by others about Ouspensky will no longer be added to the collection as of August 2010.

Biographical / HistoricalP. D. Ouspensky was a journalist based in Russia, and travelled extensively in Europe and the Near East. Hemet George I. Gurdjie in 1915 and became his follower. Ouspensky broke with Gurdjie in 1918, left Russiain 1920 and went to Constantinople, and then went to London in 1921 where he founded the Historico-Psychological Society.

Scope and ContentsThe collection consists of reports of meetings of P. D. Ouspensky with his followers in London (1921-1947)and his manuscripts of books and articles in Russian, French, and English. Included are In Search of theMiraculous, New Model of the Universe, and Tertium Organum. Also in the collection are printed copies ofOuspensky's books in various languages, selected articles by others on Ouspensky, and photographs.

ArrangementArranged in three series and additions: I. Reports of Meetings. II. Writings. III. Writings by Others.

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Series I. REPORTS OF MEETINGS P. D. Ouspensky memorial collectionMS 840

Collection ContentsSeries I. REPORTS OF MEETINGS

Container Description Date

Original TranscriptsThese records are too fragile to be used; please use electrostatic copies instead.

Typescripts

b. 1 1921–1925 1921–1925

b. 2 1928–1935 March 1928–1935March

b. 3 1935 April–December 1935 April–December

b. 4 1936 January–October 1936 January–October

b. 5 1936 November–1938 January 19 1936 November–1938 January 19

b. 6 1938 January 20–May 17 1938 January20–May 17

b. 7 1938 May 18–September 9 1938 May 18–September 9

b. 8 1938 September 13–1939 January 17 1938 September13–1939 January17

b. 9 1939 January 19–March 1939 January 19–March

b. 10 1939 April–November 19 1939 April–November 19

b. 11 1939 November 22–1940 April 1939 November22–1940 April

b. 12 1940 May–1942 September 9 1940 May–1942September 9

b. 13 1942 September 15–1944 February 9 1942 September15–1944February 9

b. 14 1944 February 15–1945 February 1944 February15–1945February

b. 15 1945 March–1947 March 5 1945 March–1947 March 5

b. 16 1947 March 12–June 18, undated 1947 March 12–June 18, undated

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Electrostatic Copies

Typescripts

b. 17 1921–1925 1921–1925

b. 18 1928–1935 February 1928–1935February

b. 19 1935 March–October 16 1935 March–October 16

b. 20 1935 October 17–1936 May 19 1935 October17–1936 May 19

b. 21 1936 May 20–1937 October 6 1936 May 20–1937 October 6

b. 22 1937 September 23–1938 February 9 1937 September23–1938February 9

b. 23 1938 February 10–May 17 1938 February10–May 17

b. 24 1938 May 18–July 1938 May 18–July

b. 25 1938 September–November 10 1938September–November 10

b. 26 1938 November 15–1939 February 25 1938 November15–1939February 25

b. 27 1939 February 27–May 25 1939 February27–May 25

b. 28 1939 May 30–November 1939 May 30–November

b. 29 1939 December–1940 April 11 1939 December–1940 April 11

b. 30 1940 April 16–1941 November 1940 April 16–1941 November

b. 31 1941 December–1943 April 1941 December–1943 April

b. 32 1943 May–1944 April 1943 May–1944April

b. 33 1944 May–1945 April 18 1944 May–1945April 18

b. 34 1945 April 25–1947 March 5 1945 April 25–1947 March 5

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b. 35 1947 March 12–June 18, undated 1947 March 12–June 18, undated

b. 35 "Extracts for Reading"

b. 35 "Constitution of the Historico-Psychological Society"

b. 35 "The Law of Three" 1935–1940

Electrostatic Copies > Typescripts (continued)

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Series II. WRITINGS P. D. Ouspensky memorial collectionMS 840

Series II. WRITINGS


Manuscripts

b. 36 "About Mechanicalness" undated

b. 36 "Atis, the Bloodless Victim" (in Russian) undated

b. 36 "The Good Devil" (extract from translation) 1949

"In Search of the Miraculous: Fragments of an Unknown Teaching"

In Russian

b. 36 Introduction 1926, 1927, 1928

b. 37, f. 1851-1853 Introduction 1928

b. 37, f. 1854 Chapter II 1931

b. 37, f.1855-1865

Chapters 2-3, 9-10, 12-17 1932

b. 38 Chapters 18-19, unidentified 1932

b. 38 Chapter I 1934

b. 38 Table of contents, chapters 1-14, commentary undated

b. 38 Unidentified undated

In English

b. 39 Introduction 1925, 1926 1927

b. 39 Chapter 13 1927

b. 39 Chapters 2-3 1930

b. 39 Chapter 1 1931

b. 39 Introduction [pre–1932?]

b. 39 Chapter 1 [pre–1932?1

b. 39 Chapters 1-8, 10-13 1932

b. 40 Chapters 14-16 1932

b. 40 Chapter 11 1933

b. 40 Chapter 1 1934

b. 40 Chapters 13-18 1935

b. 40 Chapter 3 [c. 1941–1946]

b. 40 Introduction undated

b. 40 Chapters 1-2, 4-5 undated

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b. 41 Chapters 6-7, 9-11, 13-14 undated

b. 41 Unidentified undated

b. 41 "The Inner Circle: Two Lectures on 'The Brink' and on 'Superman'" 1913

b. 41 "Letters from Russia" 1919

"A New Model of the Universe"

In French

b. 41 Introduction 1931

b. 41 Chapters 1-2 1932

In English

b. 41 Loose pages 1931

b. 41 Preface 1933

b. 41 "Notes on Work" undated

b. 41 "Occult Stories: 2. Talks with the Well-Meaning Devil" undated

b. 42, f. 1743 "On the Superman" (in Russian) undated

b. 42 "Ouspensky Papers Vol. I" [c. 1923–1947]

b. 42 "Ouspensky Papers Vol. II" [c. 1923–1947]

b. 42 "Psychological Lectures" 1936

b. 42 "Self-Will" 1955

b. 42 "The Sincere Narrations of a Pilgrim to his Spiritual Father" undated

b. 42 "The Symbolism of the Tarot": annotated tarot deck and The Key to theTarot by Arthur E. Waite

1936

b. 42 "Talks with the Devil" (in Russian) 1916

"Tertium Organum"

b. 43 Chapters 8-23 (first rough translation) [pre–1944?]

b. 43 Translator's correspondence and notes 1944

Translation by Mme. E. Kadloubovsky

b. 43 Chapters 1-18 1947 July

b. 44 Chapters 19-23 1947 July

b. 44 Loose pages undated

b. 44 Summary undated

b. 44 Translator's notes undated

Manuscripts > "In Search of the Miraculous: Fragments of an Unknown Teaching" > In English(continued)

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b. 44 "Transformism and Psycho-Transformism" undated

b. 44 Untitled discussion of language, published in Transition, No. 23, 1935 Jul 1934

b. 44 Untitled undated

b. 44 untitled set of drawings by P.D. Ouspensky, with Explanatory notes byMargaret Capper

undated

b. 44 Unidentified fragments undated

Books

b. 45 The Fourth Way 1957

b. 45 A Further Record Chiefly of Extracts from Meetings Held by P. D. Ouspenskybetween 1928 and 1945

1952

In Search of the Miraculous

b. 45 English translation 1949

b. 46 French translation 1950

b. 46 Spanish translation 1952, 1968

b. 47 Hebrew translation 1977

b. 47 Letters from Russia 1919 1978

b. 47 Memory 1953

b. 47 Negative Emotions 1953

A New Model of the Universe


b. 47 Dutch translation 1933

b. 48 Spanish translation 1950

b. 48 German translation 1970


b. 48 Notes on the Gospel of St. John 1949

b. 48 Notes on Work 1957

b. 49 Psychological Lectures 1934-1940 undated

The Psychology of Man's Possible Evolution

b. 49 In English (2 copies) 1950

b. 49 French translation 1952

b. 49 Danish translation 1952

Manuscripts (continued)

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b. 49 Finnish translation 1969

b. 49 Italian translation 1972

b. 49 In English 1973


b. 49 A Record of Some Meetings held by P. D. Ouspensky between 1930 and 1947 1951

Strange Life of Ivan Osokin

b. 50 In English 1947, 1948



b. 50 Surface Personality 1954

b. 50 Symbolism of the Tarot (in Russian) 1912, 1917

b. 50A English translation 1913


b. 51 Tertium Organum(in Russian) 1931

b. 51 English transaction 1950

b. 51 Spanish transaction 1950

b. 51 English transaction 1961

b. 52 Spanish transaction 1970, 1977

b. 52 German transaction 1973

Books > The Psychology of Man's Possible Evolution (continued)

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Series III. WRITINGS BY OTHERS P. D. Ouspensky memorial collectionMS 840

Series III. WRITINGS BY OTHERS


Writings by Others: Add. 1983

Anderson, William

b. 53 (editor), The Bridge 1978 winter

b. 53 "From the Superfluous Man to the Superman" undated

Barnes, Carman Neal

b. 53 "Miracles Can Happen: The Way Out for Modern Man" undated

b. 53 "Strange Life of Ivan Osokin: A Play in Three Acts" undated

b. 53 Bechhofer, C.E.: In Deniken's Russia and the Caucasus,1919-20; with additionalmaterial mentioning Denikin

1921, 1974

b. 53 Bland, Rosamund: Extracts from Nine Letters Written by Rosamund Bland atthe Beginning of P. D. Ouspensky's London Work in 1921

1921

b. 53 Brochaus and Efron: Russian Encyclopaedic Dictionary, "Transformism" undated

b. 53 de Popp, Robert S.: Conversations with Madame Ouspensky 1939-40 at Lyne 1974

b. 53 Driscoll, Walter: "Gurdjie: A Bibliographical Document of His Work andInfluence"

1979

b. 53, f. 1825b Feraponto, Boris: "Constantinople Notes" undated

b. 53 Gunn, Neil M.: "The Miraculous" 1968

b. 53, f. 1827 Gurdjie, G.I.: untitled lecture [1923 March 5?]

b. 53 Needleman, _____: summaries of eight books by P.D. Ouspensky undated

b. 53 Priestley, J.B.: Time and the Conways and Other Plays 1974

b. 53 Rabeneck, Nicolai:"'Superfluous Men in Russian Literature, or the Ancestry ofIvan Osokin'"

1960

b. 53 "Two Trends of Thought in Russian Literature," 1974

b. 54 Roles, Francis C.: The Unity of Conscious Experience 1977

b. 54 Seton, Marie: "The Case of P.D. Ouspensky," 1962

b. 54 Taylor, Merrily E. (editor): Remembering Pyotr Demianovich Ouspensky, withnotes, drafts

1978

b. 54 Tempelrey, H.W.V. (editor): A History of the Peace Conference of Paris, Vol. III,"Chronological Summary"

1920

b. 54 Urusso, Prince C.D.: "Notes of a Governor," 1903–1904

b. 54 Vernadsky, W.: "The Biosphere" (translation and appendix by Gerald Palmer) [post–1917]

b. 54 "Glimpses of Truth" (read to P.D. Ouspensky by a student of Gurdjie; inRussian)

1914

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Series III. WRITINGS BY OTHERS P. D. Ouspensky memorial collectionMS 840


b. 54 Reminiscences about P.D. Ouspensky 1951–1978,undated

Writings by Others: Add. 1983 (continued)

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Series IV. ADDITIONS P. D. Ouspensky memorial collectionMS 840

Series IV. ADDITIONSIncludes additional material received from 1983 to 1988 from multiple donors.


Miscellanea: 1983 addition

b. 55 Correspondence 1922, 1927, 1940,1980

b. 55 Photographs 1914–1927,undated

b. 55A P.D. Ouspensky Centenary Exhibition at Yale University Library: posters,notes, and copies of manuscripts, photographs, and labelsFolio

1978

Writings: Manuscripts: 1983 addition

b. 55 "Atis, the Bloodless Victim" (in English) undated

Writings: Books: 1983 addition

b. 55 Conscience: The Search for Truth 1979

The Fourth Way


b. 55 In Dutch translation 1978

b. 55 In German translation 1983

In Search of the Miraculous

b. 56 Portuguese translation undated

A New Model of the Universe




The Psychology of Man's Possible Evolution

b. 56 Hebrew translation 1962


b. 56 The Symbolism of the Tarot 1913

Tertium Organum

b. 56 English translation 1947, 1981

Writings: Manuscripts: 1984 addition

b. 56 "The Temple" (poem translated from the Russian by P.D. Ouspensky, n.d.;copy)

1984

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Series IV. ADDITIONS P. D. Ouspensky memorial collectionMS 840


Writings by Others: 1985 additions

b. 57 [Ross, J.P.?] A Recapitulation of the Lord's Prayer, Accession 1986-M-0033 1985

b. 57 A Point in the Work, Accession 1986-M-0095 1985

b. 57–58 Papers and printed material given by the Gurdjie Foundation, New York 1864–1937

b. 58A OversizedFolio

Two pamphlets by Steven Barrett PerkinsReceived from Steven Barrett Perkins, 1987 November 12.

b. 58 Chess, Stonehenge, and The Bhagavad Vita: Introduction to the Work of P. D.Ouspensky

1986

b. 58 Chess, Metaphysics and Mathematics 1986

b. 58 Autograph letter, signed, to P.D. Ouspensky from Eve PryorReceived from Reference Department, Sterling Memorial Library, 1988 May 16.

undated

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Accession 1990-M-038. Additional Material P. D. Ouspensky memorial collectionMS 840

Accession 1990-M-038. Additional Material0.25 linear feet (1 box)Addition inventory by Carol King 1990 March

Received from: Tatiana Nagro, 1990 Feb 2


b. 59, f. 1 The Cosmology of Man's Possible Evolution, the Cosmological Lectures 1934-1940(2 copies)

1989

b. 59, f. 2 The Psychology of Man's Possible Evolution and the Cosmology of Man's PossibleEvolution (2 copies)

1989

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Accession 1990-M-071. Additional Material2.50 linear feet (3 boxes)Addition inventory by Carol King 1990 Sep

Received from: Barbara Phillips, 1990 May 4


Reports of Meetings

b. 1, f. 1-8 Photocopies of records of meetings 1928, 1934–1939,undated

b. 1, f. 9 Carbons of records of meetings of the Historico-Psychological Society 1942 May 5,1945 January 7–September 22

b. 1, f. 10-11 Photocopies of A Further Record Chiefly of Extracts from Meetings Held by P.D. Ouspensky between 1928 and 1945, pp. 1-161

1952

b. 1, f. 12 Annotated copy of early revision of the constitution of the Historico-Psychological Society

undated

b. 1, f. 13 "The Constitution of the Historico-Psychological Society" (10 duplicatecopies)

undated

Writings

b. 1, f. 14 "Law of Three" undated

b. 1, f. 15 Photocopies of some pages of "Law of the Three," box 35 1935–1940

b. 1, f. 16 Papers relating to Triads undated

b. 1, f. 17 "Schools, Three Lines of Work" 1935 February 28

b. 1, f. 18 Paper on the subject of negative attitudes [pre–1928]

b. 1, f. 19 Paper on the subject of the Devil undated

b. 1, f. 20 "Diagram of Everything Living," in Russian; also known as "Step Diagram" undated

b. 1, f. 21 Photocopy of "Commentary to Food Diagram" 1939 July 4

b. 1, f. 22 "Letters from Russia," The New Age, photocopies 1919 September4–December 25

b. 1, f. 23 Russian poem on the nature of God undated

b. 1, f. 24 Introduction to Fragments, photocopies of draft (pp.1-77) 1924 December–1925

b. 1, f. 25 Introduction to Fragments, photocopies of revised drafts (pp.2-90) [1924–1925?]

b. 1, f. 26 Carbon of draft of "Occult Stories": 2. "The Good Devil" undated

b. 1, f. 27 "The Sincere Narrations of a Pilgrim to his Spiritual Father"; early draft undated

b. 1, f. 28 "The Sincere Narrations of a Pilgrim to his Spiritual Father"; later draft (2carbon copies)

undated

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b. 1, f. 29 "The Sincere Narrations of a Pilgrim to his Spiritual Father"; 2nd copy of laterdraft

undated

b. 2, f. 30-31 Glossary of the System, vocabulary 1930 March 6,1938 November18, 1932 undated

b. 2, f. 32 Glossary of the System: definitions, dictionary undated

b. 2, f. 33 Carbon of draft of The Fourth Way (earlier title: The Way Out); chapters 1-4 undated

b. 2, f. 34 Carbon of draft of The Fourth Way (earlier title: The Way Out); chapters 5-8 undated

b. 2, f. 35 Carbon of draft of The Fourth Way (earlier title: The Way Out); chapters9-12

undated

b. 2, f. 36 Carbon of draft of The Fourth Way (earlier title: The Way Out); chapters13-16

undated

b. 2, f. 37 Papers relating to Gurdjie 1935–1939

b. 2, f. 38 Papers re: G.I. Gurdjie's American lectures; index 1924

b. 2, f. 39 Introductory Part: "The Root of Philosophy"; Explanatory Part: "The Methodof Philosophy"; Notes

undated

b. 2, f. 40 Diagrams K.IV. 30, 44 undated

b. 2, f. 41-42 Translations by Mme. E. Kadloubovsky of assorted papers 1920s–1950s,undated

b. 2, f. 43 Between Two Births - Diary of a Witness to the Third World War; Englishtranslation of "Entre Deux Néants - Journal d'un témoin de la TroisiemeGuerre Mondiale" (unidentified author)

undated

b. 2, f. 44-45 Photocopies of unsorted papers 1934, 1938,undated

b. 2, f. 46-47 Unsorted papers undated

Writings of Others

b. 2, f. 48 "Man's Task and His Reward: A New concept of Human Destiny BasedUpon the Teaching of Gurdjie," six lectures given by J.G. Bennett; includingsupplementary questions and answers

1954 March 8–April 12

b. 2, f. 49 Feraponto, Boris: notes on Ouspensky's meetings in Constantinople;photocopies

1920

b. 2, f. 50 Recherches sur L'Origine et la Nature des Mystères d'Éleusis, par M.P.Foucart (photocopy)

undated

b. 2, f. 51 Study of the Origin and Nature of the Eleusinian Mysteries, by M.P. Foucart;English translation by Michèle Larue

1979

b. 2, f. 52 "Study of the Origin and Nature of the Eleusinian Mysteries," by M.P. Foucalt;2 carbon copies

1979

Writings (continued)

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b. 3, f. 53 Typescript for unpublished book on the Bible by Maurice Nicoll; possiblytitled Time and Eternity

1929, undated

b. 3, f. 54 "Diary of the War (1940-1943) "by Maurice Nicoll 1940 July 8–December 31

b. 3, f. 55 Commentaries by Maurice Nicoll 1953, 1975,undated

b. 3, f. 56 "Notes of a Governor, "by Prince C.D. Urusso, pp. 1-75 of typescript 1903–1904

b. 3, f. 57 "Notes of a Governor," by Prince C.D. Urusso, pp. 76-301 (2 copies) 1903–1904

b. 3, f. 58 "Notes of a Governor," carbons (folder 2) undated

b. 3, f. 59 The Biosphere, by W. Vernadsky; preface to the French edition and theRussian edition

undated

b. 3, f. 60 The Biosphere, by W. Vernadsky; translation of pp.111-232; summary of;appendix

post–1917

b. 3, f. 61 Geochemistry, by W. Vernadsky; typescript [1922–1923?]

b. 3, f. 62 Incomplete translation by G. Edwards of Geochemistry (some pages missing) undated

b. 3, f. 63 "A Study of The Tempest, by Colin Still 1921

Other Papers

b. 3, f. 64 Yale news release of the P.D. Ouspensky Centenary Exhibition 1978

Writings of Others (continued)

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Accession 1993-M-034. Additional Material0.25 linear feet (1 box)


b. 1 A Record of Meetings (held by P. D. Ouspensky between 1930 and 1947)Received from: Arkana/Penguin Books, 1992 Aug 14

1992

b. 1 "The Aesthetical Conceptions of P.D. Ouspensky," by Dr. V. Kravtchenko (inRussian)Received from: V. Kravtchenko, 1992 Nov 5

1992

b. 1, f. 3 The Bridge [number 12, commemorative issue marking the fiftieth anniversaryof the death of P. D. Ouspensky, published by the Society for the Study of NormalPsychology, London], 1997 (housed with Accessions 93-M-034 and 93-M-079)Accession 1999-M-132, received from the Society for the Study of NormalPsychology, 1998

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Accession 2000-M-126. Additonal Material P. D. Ouspensky memorial collectionMS 840

Accession 2000-M-126. Additonal MaterialReceived from Tatiana Nagro, 2000.

Container Description

b. 1–3 Correspondence, book manuscripts, and lecture notes

b. 4–6 Lecture notes and transcripts, meeting notes

b. 7–9 Research materials in binders

b. 10–16 Publications [mostly books]

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Accession 2004-M-014. Additional Material


b. 1 Strange Life of Ivan Osokin, by P. D. OuspenskyReceived from Hein Kropholler, 2003.

1948

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Accession 2004-M-024. Additional MaterialReceived from William Simon, 2003.


b. 1 Sirpaleita Tuntemattomasta Opetuksesta [Finnish translation of In Search of theMiraculous]; two copies], 2003

2003

Psicologia da Evolução Possível ao Homem [Portuguese translation of ThePsychology of Man's Possible Evolution]Accession 2004-M-032

Received from William Simon, 2003.

[2003?]

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Accession 2011-M-012. Additional Material


b. 1 P. D. Ouspensky y Su Teoria Espacio-Temporal Hexadimensional, by DanielCerqueiroReceived from Daniel Cerqueiro, 2010.

2010

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Selected Search TermsThe following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's onlinecatalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation andlisted alphabetically therein.

SubjectsOccultism

NamesGurdjie, Georges Ivanovitch, 1872-1949Uspenskiĭ, P. D. (Petr Demʹi︠a︡novich), 1878-1947

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Documents

Guide to the P. D. Ouspensky Memorial Collectionead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/3150.pdfP. D. Ouspensky memorial collection MS 840 Collection Overview REPOSITORY: Manuscripts and Archives